Mr. Trisler — when I wrote my recent letter to the editor, I expected a reply from someone in the oil business. Are you in the oil business? Yes, Mr. Trisler, they do collect taxes on gasoline and do not make the gasoline. They also collect taxes on TV and refrigerators, but do not manufacture them. They also collect taxes on your property, but don’t mow your lawn. Taxes are not what makes the price of gasoline change every hour on the hour.
Yes. Congress has passed laws to restrict drilling in the U.S. If you check the Congressional Record, I think you may find those laws were put there by Congressmen who were and are in the oil business. They knew they could obtain oil from Saudi Arabia and other countries, cheaper than they could drill for it in America, and still charge high prices for it here.
Also, it was the American oil companies that built oil fields for Saudi Arabia, resulting in the present situation. It’s just like the rest of the companies that have shipped jobs overseas. They get their product made at a slave labor price but charge much more when they sell them here. Unfortunately, so many jobs have been sent overseas that there is no one left here with a job and the ability to buy their products.
It all boils down to greed (like those million dollar bonuses) while those who “got the shaft” must stand in unemployment lines.
Some day God will step in and it will catch up with all those greedy people — and it will be payback time.
Edward Harrison
Lapel
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Letter: Blame high gas prices on greedy people
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Letter: Union attitude must prevail for recovery
Any recovery for the middle class, in the recovery of our economy, will be led by the recovery of the union attitude in America. Nothing else.
- Letter: Founding fathers were humanists
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Letter: Lutz not representing the working class
I feel bad that Rep. Lutz (R) is sad, because Democrats at the Statehouse are representing the working class people of Indiana. While he is representing big business.
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Viewpoint:: Washington must wake up to missile threat
Three years after President Obama opened an outstretched hand to Iran and attempted to reset relations with Russia, the former has restarted its drive to build nuclear weapons including recent missile testing and saber rattling while the latter has dropped its diplomatic relations to Cold War temperatures.
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Letter: Consumer-driven economy will pay off debt
To save America some money — by acclimation of course — let’s not have a presidential election in 2012. We already have a good president who will do his best to kill all Republican bills (DOA) and, consequently, create more good-paying jobs in the $30 per hour range.
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Letter: Gingrich cashes in on political amnesia
Rasmussen says that Romney has flattened nationally. Why?
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Letter: Hiring Winkler not wise spending
As a taxpayer I want to know that my taxes are being spent wisely. Hiring Greg Winkler at a salary of $126,000 is not wise spending.
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Letter: Bill of Rights being nullified by new law
President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act on New Year’s Eve. I doubt many Americans noticed its implications because they do not yet comprehend the big picture. This law, coupled with the Patriot Act, is paving the way for America’s direction toward tyranny.
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Letter: $14 trillion debt started by previous president
I’m a proud atheist who’s lucky enough to know the difference between fact and fantasy.
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Letter: Economy putting people in the gutters
We are now getting the results of putting people in the gutters. We need to take a second look at our government and its policies. It’s not working.
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Letter: Union attitude must prevail for recovery
